Day Trip to Luxor: Hot Air Balloon Ride, West Bank & East Bank Tours, Felucca Ride, and lunch

Start your Luxor tour with a pickup from your hotel, including the cruise ships. Experience an unforgettable 45-80 min hot air balloon ride at 1500 ft. Fly with the best pilots and highest safety standards, exclusively 1500 ft high. Get a bird's eye view of historical locations—truly once in a lifetime.

Journey to the West Bank of Luxor, home to the Valley of the Kings, also called the Valley of the Gates of the Kings. This valley was used for 500 years as the burial ground of the pharaohs and powerful nobles of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, 16th-11th century BC. The secrets and stories of the people who ruled Ancient Egypt lie within intricately designed rock-cut tombs.

On your way, visit the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Built during her reign in the Eighteenth Dynasty, it serves as the mark of Luxor city towards the east and is the epitome of the greatness of the queen, taken as a work of genius in terms of architecture. These triple huge terraces of the temple rise from the floor of the desert and flawlessly run into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari.

Visit the Colossi of Memnon—the remains of Amenhotep III's mortuary temple. Lunch at a local restaurant will introduce you to typical Egyptian cuisine and warm local hospitality.

Afterward, proceed to the Luxor Temple, constructed by Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty but was completed by Ramses II. It is a wonderful ancient Egyptian architectural relic, this great temple dedicated to god Amun. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel or cruise ship by Farida Tour .

A Glimpse into the Grandeur of Karnak Temple You will be accompanied by your guide, an Egyptologist, to the magnificent Karnak Temple, which is the greatest example of worship in history. This city of sanctuaries is dedicated to the god Amun, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu, known for the Theban triad. This wonderful temple makes you feel, once you have entered it, that you have been taken to some other age of pharaonic rule where gods have been worshipped with open-hearted sincerity.